On December 12, 1891, the Lighthouse Board issued a "Notice to Mariners" informing them that a long sought steam-powered fog signal, featuring two 10-inch whistles similar to those then used on locomotives, had been installed at Point Betsie. . . . — — Map (db m98327) HM
Yes, we have a gravestone at Point Betsie but alas no grave. Edward Wheaton, Keeper 1934 to 1946, made this gravestone to honor his mother, Martha Madsen Wheaton, 1857 to 1941. She died in Cheboygan.
Keeper Edward Wheaton could not lift the . . . — — Map (db m98323) HM
On May 18, 1675, Father Jacques Marquette, the great Jesuit missionary and explorer, died and was buried by two French companions somewhere along the Lake Michigan shore of the lower peninsula. Marquette had been returning to his mission at St. . . . — — Map (db m97466) HM
Prior to 1892, large quantities of kerosene that fueled Point Betsie's beacon and apartment lamps, etc., was kept at the base of the lighthouses tower. As at other light stations, a separate building was erected here in 1892 to provide safer . . . — — Map (db m98330) HM
Thompsonville Junction
Constructed in 1889, Thompsonville Junction’s diamond crossing formed the intersection of the Chicago and Western Michigan Railroad (eventually the Chesapeake and Ohio) and the Frankfort and Southeastern Railroad . . . — — Map (db m228950) HM
99th Bombardment Wing/SAC
Westover Air Force Base, Mass.
346/348 Bombardment Squadrons
The following B-52 crew members gave their lives
on a training mission over Lake Michigan
January 7, 1971
Lt. Col. Wm B. Lemmon • Lt. Col. John . . . — — Map (db m97484) HM
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Big Rock Point
Big Rock Point is named for a large boulder used as a landmark by Native Americans. At least as early as the mid-nineteenth century Odawa (Ottawa) Indians used Big Rock, which they called Kitcheossening, as a . . . — — Map (db m97483) HM
Boyne's first regular storekeeper was Alfred J. Beardsley. He was born on a farm in St. Clair County in 1854 and in June 1875, journeyed to Boyne, where he opened a small dry goods store in the Pine Lake House.
In April of 1885, he . . . — — Map (db m230204) HM
Built in 1903 by C.I. Bellamy who came to Boyne from Luther, Mich. An up-to-date place of amusement, it was pronounced by experts as "the handsomest for its size in the state".
The theater opened in 1904 and featured a stage twenty-five feet . . . — — Map (db m230296) HM
When Bergy Bros. opened the doors of their new mercantile establishment, "The public came, saw a fine display of goods and bought liberally". Messrs. Bergy brothers were gentlemen of experience. Previous to coming to Boyne City, M.E. Bergy had . . . — — Map (db m216062) HM
"A popular gathering place for lovers of the weed" was established by C.E. Chase right after the turn of the century. The business was known throughout the City of Boyne.
Mr. Chase, proprietor of the well kept store, produced an excellent . . . — — Map (db m230203) HM
In 1874 the Reverend Andrew
Wiggins and twelve pioneers
organized the Methodist-Episcopal Church of Boyne
City, near Deer Lake. In
1883, Zachariah Morgan and
his wife, Mary, donated land
on which to build a church.
The first church was . . . — — Map (db m234146) HM
From 1890 to the present, Boyne City's commercial center has flanked the south bank of the Boyne River. The late Victorian facades of its earliest buildings were influenced by fashionable turn-of-the-twentieth century architecture. Buildings of . . . — — Map (db m230392) HM
Boyne City's first permanent settlers arrived on the shores of Pine Lake (now Lake Charlevoix) on November 14, 1856 from up state New York. It has been said that they found the place by following a dream. As the story is told, Harriet awoke one . . . — — Map (db m230504) HM
Frank Kaden, one of Boyne's Pioneer merchants was born in 1862 and first came to this area in 1876 from Philadelphia. After operating a business in Boyne Falls for several years and spending some time in California, he returned to Boyne City and . . . — — Map (db m216128) HM
It is not certain when this building was erected, but it was most likely built around 1880. During the past century, it has served a wide variety of businesses. One of the most notable was "La Chapelle Sisters" Millinery Emporium which opened in . . . — — Map (db m216139) HM
This Railroad Office Building served as the Boyne City, Gaylord and Alpena Railroad general office during Boyne's lumbering era.
It is not known when the office building was constructed, but it was first located on the east side of Lake . . . — — Map (db m216179) HM
S. Dosie opened the finest store in Greater Boyne on March 20, 1907 where the stock featuring all the latest and correct styles, was arranged in Metropolitan style.
The two-story building was 25 by 94 feet and was, in every sense of the . . . — — Map (db m216065) HM
Clarence C. Schaub first worked in the meat business with his brother, J.C. Schaub, in 1894 at the corner of Lake and Main.
In 1900, Clarence sold his share of the business and headed west. Three years later he returned to Boyne City and . . . — — Map (db m230285) HM
Sometimes called the Riverside Hotel, the 24 room hotel opened to the public in 1904.
Charles O. Fry, proprietor, ran a comfortable hostlery, where guests were made to feel they had found a home, not just a stopping place.
At all times, . . . — — Map (db m230201) HM
Before the era of the drug store, most folks relied on the patent medicine industry to cure the grevous ills of mankind. A popular medicine of the day was Thedford's Black Drought which claimed to cure everything from bad blood to headaches.
. . . — — Map (db m216127) HM
On May 1, 1907, Frank Meyers became the proprietor of the newly remodeled hotel.
A weary traveler could register at the 52 room hotel for two dollars a day. The rooms were clean, light, airy and well furnished and the cuisine irreproachable . . . — — Map (db m216066) HM
The International Order of Odd Fellows built this grand hall in 1906. It was constructed by J.I. Gee and was Boyne's first poured concrete building. The walls are sixteen inches thick and reinforced with rock and railroad ties.
The I.O.O.F's . . . — — Map (db m216131) HM
This location, at the head of Pine Lake (now Lake Charlevoix), was once the site of the round house for the BCG & A Railroad. Built shortly after the turn of the century, it sheltered and serviced thirteen locomotives. The surrounding railroad . . . — — Map (db m230468) HM
It is the oldest business still operating under the same family management. The first business was operated by James B. Stackus, a Civil War veteran, who came to the Boyne area in 1875. A cabinet maker by trade he soon had a successful business. . . . — — Map (db m230288) HM
Not one, but two, United States Hotels once stood on this corner. The first, a fine three-story hotel, was built by Frank Abraham and George Beardsley and opened in 1878. In 1880, the U.S. Hotel burned and a new hotel was erected in its place. In . . . — — Map (db m215924) HM
This was the address of Amos Fox from the late Eighteen Seventies until the late Eighteen Nineties. Mr. Fox was a pioneer business man of Charlevoix. He and his partner, Hiram Rose, built the wooden dock that ships on Lake Michigan used before a . . . — — Map (db m215864) HM
Manitou Shoal Lightship,
ca. 1934.
Lighships were used to guide vessels
past certain hazardous navigation points
along Lake Michigan’s maritime lanes.
Manitou Shoal west of the Leelanau
Peninsula was one such spot. Until
1935, when a . . . — — Map (db m247384) HM
He survived the sinking of USS Perch (SS-176) and more than 3 years as a Japanese prisoner of war during World War II
He was a native of Charlevoix and was instrumental in building and maintaining this Memorial — — Map (db m98059) HM WM
This flagpole once stood at the site of Consumers Energy's Big Rock Point Nuclear Plant, about 4.5 miles northwest of Charlevoix off of U.S. 31. The plant set several industry records throughout its operating life from 1962 to 1997 and was named a . . . — — Map (db m98098) HM
Built 1892, donated to the Charlevoix Historical Society 1992.
It is a designated Charlevoix Local Historic District.
ca. 1900.
The Charlevoix Train Depot was designed by
Charles Pelton & Company of Grand
Rapids, MI for the Chicago & . . . — — Map (db m257070) HM
The pie crust measured from 14 feet, 4 inches in diameter, 2 feet deep and weighing a total of 7 tons. A total of 1,730 lbs. for the pie crust 850 lbs. of flour 325 lbs. of water 15 lbs. of salt 110 lbs. of milk 375 lbs. of shortening 55 . . . — — Map (db m154653) HM
Completed in the summer of 1912, the concrete paving of the
street from the Depot up the hill to The Inn on Mercer Blvd at the
end of Dixon was scored with lines to prevent slippage by the
horses which were used for hauling luggage and . . . — — Map (db m257263) HM
Fishing and Lumbering - Round Lake, North ShoreTug Loaded with Lake Trout
ca. 1900
When Charlevoix was permanently settled in 1854, Lake Michigan teemed with millions of tons of fish, called "finny . . . — — Map (db m215844) HM
Origins, ca. 12,000 Years Ago.
Indigenous people have been in nearly
continuous residence in this area for the last
12,000 years. Although these are
various origin stories, it is commonly held
that the Odawa and their close kin the . . . — — Map (db m257379) HM
Fish Hatchery,
1930s.
Charlevoix’s US government fish
hatchery was built in 1917. When it
opened, it was the largest Federal
hatchery in the United States.
In recent years the building has served
as the State of Michigan's . . . — — Map (db m247401) HM
Lifetime member of the Charlevoix United Methodist Church.
His path in life was in the true spirit of God’s way.
Scout Master of Troop 11 in Charlevoix for thirty-three years.
He influenced many young lives through his guidance
and . . . — — Map (db m257269) HM
This land was deeded to the City of Charlevoix for
park purposes in 1882 by Amos and Ella Fox for the
sum of $840.00. At some time prior to the year
1900, the City constructed a water works" on the
north end of the property. In 1899 the . . . — — Map (db m257478) HM
Clarence "Odie" Odmark
Charlevoix Band Director
1946 - 1975
"The music that resonated
throughout my life,
Now resounds from my spirit." — — Map (db m98090) HM
Dedicated to Pierre Francois-Xavier de Charlevoix, Jesuit missionary, teacher and historian, 1682 – 1761, who passed these shores in 1721. — — Map (db m257444) HM
This memorial recognizes the instrumental role.
Mayor Robert Bridge played in the development of
the public park areas along round lake, during his
term as Charlevoix’s mayor from 1938-1948.
Mayor Bridge’s visionary approach led to the . . . — — Map (db m247389) HM
U.S. Navy Submarines paid heavily for their success in World War II.
A total of 374 officers and 3131 men are on board these 52 submarines
still on "patrol"
Albacore ·
Amberjack ·
Argonaut ·
Barbel ·
Bonefish ·
Bullhead · . . . — — Map (db m98057) HM WM
Chamber of Commerce
and Parkside Restaurant,
ca. 1938.
Charlevoix’s first Chamber of Commerce
building occupied the curent performance
pavilion site. Built in 1925 originally as an
open-air bandstand, it was soon closed in
to resemble . . . — — Map (db m257275) HM
The First Congregational Church was formed in 1882. Members purchased this lot in 1883, and the building was completed in 1885. Church women held social fundraisers to help finance its cost. The building features rare Stick style motifs. The . . . — — Map (db m98093) HM
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Round Lake Harbor, 1950s
Shuffleboard Courts in East Park, 1940s
First Waterfront Art Fair, 1959
North American in Round Lake, 1950s — — Map (db m98031) HM
The last swing bridge to span the outer channel was built in 1901.
When first put into operation it was considered to be far and away
the best in modern bridge construction and design. It was made
entirely of steel, except for the roadbed, which . . . — — Map (db m257298) HM
Hotel Alhambra, ca. 1935
The Lewis Grand Opera House was
constructed on this site, abutting the
channel, in 1883. Served the
community as a theater and meeting place
until the building was converted into
the red brick Hotel Alhambra in . . . — — Map (db m247391) HM
1859-1864 Bridge #1
Built wide enough for two pedestrians to pass, this wooden structure was four feet across and two feet above the water, with removable planks in the middle. If someone wasn't nearby to help, those in a boat . . . — — Map (db m215863) HM
We the US Submarine Veterans of WWII
Michigan Chapter
proudly dedicate this memorial
to the gallant men of the
USS Escolar (SS294)
Lost by enemy action on or about
17 October 1944
while on her first patrol
with the loss of her . . . — — Map (db m98060) HM WM
Wharfside Building Acquisition
The 2002 purchase of the Wharfside Building (formerly known as Neff Brothers Quality Food Store) culminated the City of Charlevoix's one hundred and six year dedicated effort to purchase properties along the . . . — — Map (db m98056) HM
Here in the 1840's the Chippewa Indian missionary, Peter Greensky, established a Protestant mission in an area where legend says Indian chiefs once held their councils. New trees have been planted in an arrangement similar to that of the trees that . . . — — Map (db m215921) HM
Elm Pointe is an eleven-acre estate developed c. 1926 by John J. and Eva Porter. the house, designed by Grand Rapids architect J. Alexander McColl, was constructed of lumber milled by the East Jordan Lumber Company. An unusual, contemporary . . . — — Map (db m215776) HM
Established in 1876, this building has served as a store and post office and as the village's center of business and social life. Hemingway frequented it both as a boy and as a young man. He described its "high false front" in his story "Up in . . . — — Map (db m98008) HM
Jim and Elizabeth Dilworth operated Pinehurst, an inn providing meals and tourist lodging. The Hemingways were family friends and Ernest often stayed here. His wedding reception was held here in 1921 and next door at Shangri-la, a rooming house . . . — — Map (db m98030) HM
Named for pioneer settler Samuel Horton, this village was founded as a lumbering community in 1876, complete with sawmill, shanty boys, boarding house, company store, blacksmith shop, and draft horses. The store and many early buildings still . . . — — Map (db m98027) HM
This plaque is issued by the
Historical Society of Michigan
in recognition of
The Horton Bay General Store
founded in 1876
for more than 100 years of
continuous operation in service
to the people of Michigan
and for contribution . . . — — Map (db m298226) HM
Norwood was settled in 1866 when Orvis Wood, Lucius Pearl, and Orwin Adams built a dock and sawmill on the shore of Lake Michigan. The town thrived as a lumber shipping center with sawmills, a company store, and blacksmith shops. In 1884 the Norwood . . . — — Map (db m98099) HM
Norwood School District
No.1 was organized in 1867,
one year before Orwin and
Eliza P. Adams and Orvis D.
Wood platted this village.
Thirty-five children attended
lessons in a log building. In
1869 a frame schoolhouse
was built on land . . . — — Map (db m234150) HM
Father Frederic Baraga (1797-1868) first landed on Beaver Island as a missionary in 1832. This church was built in 1860 and consecrated by Baraga, then Bishop of the Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie. This church originally stood inland alongside the . . . — — Map (db m288707) HM
This historic hotel was built in 1901 by Captain Manus Bonner
at a cost of $10,000. The architect was Father Zugelder, the Island priest. The lumber was boomed from Hog Island and cut at the Stebbins and Tilly mill. A second planned wing was . . . — — Map (db m288710) HM
This building was erected in 1850 by
James Strang and his followers. Here
during the 1850s, these Mormon dissenters published religious works and
two newspapers, the Northern Islander
and the Daily Northern Islander.
Strang's group had . . . — — Map (db m288709) HM
In 1899 the Hemingways of Oak Park,
Illinois, built a summer cottage
called Windemere some six miles
northwest of here on Walloon Lake.
Young Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)
spent his days at the lake reading,
fishing, hunting, and . . . — — Map (db m233985) HM
Clarence (Ed) and Grace Hemingway of Oak Park, Illinois, first made their way to Walloon Lake (then known as Talcott) in 1898 and instantly fell in love with the area. They went in search of lakefront property and eventually spent $400 to have a . . . — — Map (db m298480) HM
Once visitors arrived at Bear Lake (later Talcott and eventually Walloon Lake) after long steamer rides on the Great Lakes, followed by several legs via the railroad, they needed to be transported to their summer cottages or one of the hotels, . . . — — Map (db m298502) HM
In 1873 the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railway completed its line of tracks that ran between Grand Rapids and Petoskey. This first served those working in the logging industry harvesting the pine forest which covered the area.
Around 1880, a . . . — — Map (db m298486) HM
Nearly a dozen resorts, hotels, and boarding houses operated on Walloon Lake in its early history.
One notable property was the Fern Cottage (above), which opened in 1891 on the north side of the village. It served as a docking point for . . . — — Map (db m298509) HM
Since the last ice age, Northern Lower Michigan was a rich land of lakes and streams. For thousands of years, its forests and wildlife were much different than today. Elk was the dominant game animal and the gray wolf and panther were its . . . — — Map (db m298517) HM
Throughout Ernest Hemingway's life, Walloon Lake remained a passionate memory. Six weeks old when first brought to the lake in 1899, Hemingway spent twenty-three summers visiting the family's Windemere cottage. His experiences hunting, fishing, . . . — — Map (db m298100) HM
By the turn of the 20th century, Walloon Lake which was first called Bear Lake, and later Talcott (or Tolcott) was transitioning from a lumbering community to a thriving summer resort destination.
Fresh air, home cooking, fishing, and . . . — — Map (db m298511) HM
Google "A Nature Megaphone Art Estonia" and you will see the images that prompted Little Traverse Conservancy staff member, Charles Dawley, to think it would be a fun idea for an LTC nature preserve.
Charles held onto this idea for a couple . . . — — Map (db m278828) HM
Evidence of many centuries of human settlement can be found throughout the Indian Point and Chaboiganing properties. Studies in the Indian Point Memorial Forest, by Dennis Albert and Leah Minc in the 1980s, revealed many corn cache pits that had . . . — — Map (db m287550) HM
This style of home was taught to the Annishinaabe (Ottawa, Ojibway and Potawatomi) by the missionaries to help them assimilate into Western culture. Following the Burn-Out, Frank Mundt moved this cabin to his farm. He used it as an ice house, . . . — — Map (db m273958) HM
Looking North
from Washington (City) Park
ca. 1925. This image is taken
from about where
you are now standing.
Arrival of a Detroit & Cleveland
steamship at the McArthur Dock
at the mouth of the Cheboygan River,
ca. 1910.
Labor . . . — — Map (db m247268) HM
The name "Cheboygan" probably comes from the Annishinaabe or Chippewa word "zhiibaa'onaii," meaning a channel or passage for a canoe. This mural depicts some of the earliest known individuals to have made Cheboygan home during its beginnings. . . . — — Map (db m121797) HM
The Pipe:
Voyageurs often smoked white clay pipes as they travelled the waters of the Great Lakes region in their large freight-hauling canoes. Bodies of water were known as a "two-pipe lake" or "five-pipe crossing" depending on the number of . . . — — Map (db m121799) HM
Huron Shore Trail
follows the geologic Algonquin Beach Ridge formation along the western shore of Lake Huron from the Straits of Mackinac to Saginaw Bay. For centuries this trail was the primary travel route for Chippewa people travelling . . . — — Map (db m121805) HM
Huron Shore Trail
follows the geologic Algonquin Beach Ridge formation along the western shore of Lake Huron from the Straits of Mackinac to Saginaw Bay. For centuries this trail was the primary travel route for Chippewa people travelling . . . — — Map (db m121887) HM
River mouth and cattail marsh:
Captain Samuel Robertson wrote in the 1770s, "…the most safest place near Michilimackinac [Mackinac Island] for wintering vessels is the River Shaboygan, there is six feet water upon the Barr, the River is about . . . — — Map (db m121888) HM
Dedicated to the recipients of this
Nation's oldest military decoration
"The Purple Heart"
Combat Wounded Veterans
Military Order of
the Purple Heart 1782 - 1932
My stone is red for
the blood they . . . — — Map (db m273962) WM
The inland waterway is a series of interconnected lakes and rivers stretching more than 38 miles from Lake Huron to Crooked Lake. Before modern settlement, the inland waterway was utilized by Native American tribes as a method to communicate and . . . — — Map (db m273986) HM
Cheboygan businessman Jacob
Post built this Queen
Anne style house in 1886.
The residence was designed
by Frederick W. Hollister
of Saginaw and reflects
Post’s Prominence in the
community. A New York
native, Post received a
medical . . . — — Map (db m233780) HM
This structure served as the Cheboygan County sheriff’s residence and jail from 1880 to 1969. The building originally had seven cells. Faced with overcrowding, the county built an additional sixteen cells in 1912. During the local lumber boom . . . — — Map (db m121800) HM
Cheboygan marks the entrance to nearly forty miles of an inland waterway of rivers and lakes, ending about eight miles from Lake Michigan at Crooked Lake. Native Americans were the first to use this path to avoid the rough waters of Lake . . . — — Map (db m273985) HM
When Cheboygan County was organized in 1853, the courthouse was located in Duncan (now a part of the city of Cheboygan). In 1860 the county board of supervisors moved the county seat to Inverness Township and purchased this property from Bela . . . — — Map (db m121798) HM
Father Andrew D. Piret, a priest
serving the Mackinac Island mission,
celebrated the first mass of the St.
Mary’s congregation in the home of
Charles Bellant in 1852. Four years
later, the parish_built a temporary
chapel on Peter McDonald’s . . . — — Map (db m233774) HM
When Cheboygan's town founders envisioned the future for the village of Cheboygan in 1877, they made a commitment to the arts. Their new town hall would hold the city council chambers, the police department, the fire department and a magnificent . . . — — Map (db m273954) HM
Is one of twenty six-nine inch guns
composing the battery of
Admiral Farragut's
Historic-Flagship
"Hartford"
during the War of the Rebellion 1861-1865,
at the Battles of
New Orleans, Vickersburg, Port Hudson, Mobile
Forevermore . . . — — Map (db m273989) WM
"This monument is dedicated by the people of Cheboygan County to all veterans who have honorably served their country, those who are living and those who have made the supreme sacrifice in all wars and conflicts." — — Map (db m273988) WM
In April 1919, Cheboygan County purchased this property with the sole purpose of creating a Veterans Memorial Park. By July of that year the work to create this park was largely completed. The first memorial plaque, listing the names of those who . . . — — Map (db m274003) HM WM
The glaciers of the last Ice Age retreated to the north some 25,000 years ago, leaving behind the lakes that rank as Michigan's most notable geographical feature. Among the state's largest inland lakes is Burt Lake, named after William A. Burt, who, . . . — — Map (db m33247) HM
1946, June 26, First Mass offered at newly established Indian River parish.
Inspired by Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha's practice of placing crosses throughout the woods, Fr. Charles Brophy suggests a large wooden cross as the center-piece for an . . . — — Map (db m287908) HM
Welcome to Michilimackinac State Park
Established in 1909, it is Michigan's second state park and offers stunning views of the Mackinac Bridge, picnic areas, and is home to two historic sites: Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse and Colonial . . . — — Map (db m273949) HM
“Beneath the Surface” is artist Terry Dickinson’s commemoration of the
comeback of the Sturgeon in the Mackinac area against a backdrop of
the Eber Ward shipwreck and Gray’s Reef lighthouse. We are pleased
to display work that not only reflects . . . — — Map (db m254658) HM
"Merizon Barn" is the work of artist Richard Jordan. Richard is a lifelong
resident of Kalamazoo, Michigan, and enjoyed a 28-year career as a page
designer and illustrator with the Kalamazoo Gazette. In 1997, he began
painting outdoors, . . . — — Map (db m255041) HM
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